American Eagle is boosting its flight schedule to Caribbean destinations from its San Juan hub in Puerto Rico, beginning in December. The new flight plans include three additional daily flights to St. Thomas; one more daily flight to St. Croix; one additional daily flight to Antigua; and one additional flight to Anguilla, four days per week. All the above flights will begin December 14.

Northwest Airlines, the American air company, has announced seasonal service between its hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Memphis, Tennessee, and destinations in Mexico and Caribbean. “These seasonal flights from our domestic hubs will provide our customers with easy access to popular vacation spots during the peak winter season,” said Tom Bach, vice president of market planning and Airlink.

GOL, Brazil´s low-cost, low-fare airline, began ticket sales to Santiago de Chile last week. GOL will offer three daily flights to this new destination, with flights starting on September 24. The Chilean capital is GOL´s seventh international destination - the Company currently flies to Buenos Aires, Rosario and Cordoba (Argentina), Montevideo (Uruguay), Asuncion (Paraguay) and Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia).

Trinidad and Tobago national airline, BWIA, is to be shut down by December 31, 2006. A new company, Caribbean Airlines, is to take the place of BWIA. The decision to close down BWIA was announced late Friday in Port of Spain following a meeting between several labour union officials representing workers and BWIA´s management.

Delta will launch twice-weekly flights between Atlanta and Guadeloupe on December 13, subject to government approval. The flights will depart Atlanta at 9:55 a.m. on Wednesdays and Saturdays, arriving in Pointe a Pitre, Guadeloupe, at 3:10 p.m.

SkyTeam carriers Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will start codesharing beyond their hubs, following approval by the U.S. Department of Transportation earlier this year. The two carriers will provide customers with service to destinations in the United States, Latin America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East from their hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta and New York-JFK.